2. Thunder: The Voice of God! Psalm 29:3

Text:“The
voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thundereth; the Lord is
upon many waters.”

Psalm 29:3.

Good
morning, alert and listening Christian!Because the Lord God has, by His Spiritual power, opened your ears and
mine and enabled us to hear His powerful voice: we are saved; we are secure in
Christ; we are Eternally grateful; and we are ever listening to hear ’the still
small voice…’ of His every guiding whisper.Praise God for alert and listening Christians!

“The
Lord God hath given me the tongue of he Learned, that I should know how to
speak a word in season to him this is weary; He wakeneth morning by morning, He
wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.The Lord hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned
away back.”(Isaiah 50:4-5)

Verse 3.“The voice of the Lord
is upon the waters.No sight more alarming than the flash of lightning
around the mast of a ship.

“The glory of God thundereth.Thunder is in truth no mere electric phenomenon but is
caused by the interposition of God Himself.Electricity of itself can do nothing; it must be called and sent upon
its errand; and until the Almighty Lord commissions it, its bolt of fire is
inert and powerless.As well might a
rock of granite or a bar of iron fly in the midst of Heaven as the lightning go
without being sent by the great First Cause.”(C.H. Spurgeon, Treasury of David, page 141)

As
an ex-Seaman, sailing on foreign-going ships, across the vast oceans of our
world, I have experienced at first hand the power and unleashed atmospheric
violence of an ‘electric storm’ at sea.Bolts of power-filled lightning sizzle across leaden black skies,
lighting up all across a thousand mile radius, as though it were the middle of
the day.Then, moments later -
BOOM!An explosive peal of thunder
proclaims the reason for the flash, but not the Source.God’s Voice is heard in the power of His
Created elements; God’s glory is partially reflected in the sheer brightness of
a lightning bolt.Were His glory not
partially concealed, I believe all the earth would shrivel up in an instant.Our God is a Holy Lord God of Divine and
omnipotent power.

“Wherefore
we receiving a Kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may
serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: for our God is a consuming
fire.”(Hebrews 12:28-29)

Too
many today, in this 21st Century of increased apostasy and rebellion
against the Lord God, dare to think of the Almighty Lord as a kind old man with
a long white beard, who can be fooled by the worldly wise, and condescended to
by those deeming themselves to be noble.What a travesty!What a dangerous
notion to hold!Let us begin for a
moment to think again of the hint of God’s power unleashed in a thunder storm,
and surely we must - as a nation, and as individuals - humble ourselves, seek
His forgiving grace, and healing for our sin-sick land.

“If
My people, which are called by My Name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and
seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from Heaven,
and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”(2 Chronicles 7:14)

Yes,
great God, this heart hitherto so dry, so arid, so hard; this rock which Thou
hast struck a second time, will not resist Thee any longer, for out of it there
now gushes healthful waters in abundance.The self-same voice of God which overturns the mountains, thunders,
lightens, and divides the Heaven above the sinner, now commands the clouds to
pour forth showers of blessings, changing the desert of his soul into a field
producing a hundredfold; that voice I hear.”(Jean Baptiste Massillon 1663-1742)

Verse 3.“The God of glory thundereth.God’s
Word teaches us clearly that ‘The voice of the Lord is upon many waters…’;
waters depicting diverse and changing nations of the world.God’s Word is still being sent out to many
diverse nations; nations that have not only rejected Bible-based Christian
beliefs, but have openly rebelled against such God-given beliefs and are
currently seeking the total destruction of Christian believers and the faith
that they desire to openly practice.

In
Nigeria, in Sudan, in India, and China, and Vietnam, and North Korea -Christians are being first despised, then
thrown into prisons, kidnapped and tortured, and martyred ruthlessly for
holding Bible-based Christian beliefs and seeking to practice them.Fact.

Never
has there been a more worldwide, cruel and horrific persecution of Christian
believers than today in this 21st Century.Pray, Christian, pray!

The
Lord God has promised ‘His people’, ‘I will never leave thee, nor forsake
thee…’Soon the oppressing nations will
be cut short in their puny rebellion against the people of God; soon those
nations will indeed hear the voice of God thundering in the skies all around
them His wrath against all who would dare harm His anointed people.The Lord will ‘laugh’ at such rebellious
persecutors as, in power, He delivers us from them.

“He
that sitteth in the Heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in
derision.”(Psalm 2:4)

Thought:
Listen carefully for the voice of the Lord - Jehovah alone is God Almighty; He
will not be mocked by persecutors of ‘His people’.Speak, Lord.

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Author:

Dr. C.K. McClinton Ph.D.

BA (Hons) MA: PhD; D. Litt.

Pastor of

Ulster/American Christian Fellowship Ministry

Northern Ireland (Ulster) UK

KENNY McCLINTON was one of the most feared men in Northern Ireland (Ulster). His years of terrorist activity culminated in two life sentences for murder and other acts of terrorist violence. He had become a thorn in the side of the authorities. Even in prison he could not be tamed and found himself in solitary confinement punishment cells fifteen times within one nine month period.